نُورُ الهُدَى أَهْدَتْ إِلَى شَاعِرِهَا

نُورُ الهُدَى أَهْدَتْ إِلَى شَاعِرِهَا

مِحْبَرَةً تَبْتَعِثُ الإلهَامَا

مِحْبَرَةً تَبْتَعِثُ الإلهَامَا

Nur al-Huda gave her poet

The light of guidance gifted its poet

an inkwell that awakens inspiration,

A pen that stirs inspiration

وَمِرْقَماً إِذَا احْتَسَى مِدَادَهَا

وَمِرْقَماً إِذَا احْتَسَى مِدَادَهَا

مَجَّ شُعَاعاً يَقْشَعُ الظَّلامَا

مَجَّ شُعَاعاً يَقْشَعُ الظَّلامَا

and a pen that, when it sips the inkwell’s ink,

And an inkwell that when it draws its ink

spits forth a ray that dispels the darkness;

Radiates a beam dispelling darkness

وَمَنْسَقاً أَنْظِمُ أَوْرَاقِي بِهِ

وَمَنْسَقاً أَنْظِمُ أَوْرَاقِي بِهِ

وَقَبْلَهُ لَمْ تَأْلَفِ النِّظَامَا

وَقَبْلَهُ لَمْ تَأْلَفِ النِّظَامَا

and a paper organizer with which I arrange my papers,

And a method with which I compose my pages

which before it were unaccustomed to order;

Before which order was not known

وَأَدَوَاتِ المَحْوِ وَالإِثْبَاتِ مَا

وَأَدَوَاتِ المَحْوِ وَالإِثْبَاتِ مَا

شِئْتَ اخْتِصَارَ الجُهْدِ وَالإِحْكَامَا

شِئْتَ اخْتِصَارَ الجُهْدِ وَالإِحْكَامَا

and tools for erasing and writing, whenever

And the tools of erasing and affirming however

you wish to save effort and achieve precision.

You wish, summarizing effort and perfection

مَجْمُوعَةٌ بِصَوْغِهَا وَنَقْشِهَا

مَجْمُوعَةٌ بِصَوْغِهَا وَنَقْشِهَا

أَجَادَهَا صَانِعُهَا مَا رَامَا

أَجَادَهَا صَانِعُهَا مَا رَامَا

A set whose crafting and engraving

A collection, in its crafting and engraving

its maker perfected as he intended.

Made skillfully by its maker without fault

جُزِيتِ كُلَّ الخَيْرِ يَا زَعِيمَةً

جُزِيتِ كُلَّ الخَيْرِ يَا زَعِيمَةً

بِهَا يُبَاهِي قَوْمُهَا الأَقْوَامَا

بِهَا يُبَاهِي قَوْمُهَا الأَقْوَامَا

May you be rewarded with every blessing, O leader,

May you be rewarded with all good oh leader

of whom her people boast before other peoples.

With it your people surpass all peoples